What do you base your morals on? A person obviously has to live up to his own values to feel good about himself.
I see people using "Judaeo-Christian values" and I wonder why. Although as many of us who are Christians study the Old Testament, we don't try and live by it as it is near impossible. The difference in Jewish and Christian philosophy is as different as day and night, so when I see 'Judaeo-Christian' I am left wondering wtf.
My morals are not exactly the norm for most Christians. I have studied continuously and I believe the rules were created to help us and our neighbors live a better life, I don't think they were made so we can scream at others when they stumble. But what do I know, I'm just a simple man trying to get through life and help others along the way if I can.
Well much of modern western moral standards has been shaped by both that's why. It's not even all religious creed that shaped them but the cultures the two religions spawned. I have very different outlooks about the morality of things like sex and drugs for example and different from the norm views on fair play. some people might find my views on sex to be immoral for example.
I've always been very disappointed with people who want to single out one thing in a persons life and harp on that. Like you said, you are a person and there are many aspects to your life. Sometimes people miss out on the opportunity to get to make some great friends because we look at one thing they do wrong. When my life becomes perfect, I'll judge others.
I wouldn't. I can count all the women I've slept with in my entire life on the thumbs of one hand - I'm kinda proud of that. Never in serious trouble with the law and neither have either of my kids, so I think that demonstrates setting a pretty good example.
Benedict Arnold 